Seth Rance

{{short description|New Zealander cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Seth Rance

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Seth Hayden Arnold Rance

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| death_date =

| death_place =

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2017–2019

| odidebutdate = 14 May

| odidebutyear = 2017

| odidebutagainst = Ireland

| odicap = 192

| lastodidate = 17 May

| lastodiyear = 2017

| lastodiagainst = Bangladesh

| T20Idebutdate = 29 December

| T20Idebutyear = 2017

| T20Idebutagainst = West Indies

| T20Icap = 76

| lastT20Idate = 6 September

| lastT20Iyear = 2019

| lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Central Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|2008/09–2022/23}}

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 4

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = –

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –

| top score1 = –

| deliveries1 = 105

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 110.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/44

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 8

| runs2 = 10

| bat avg2 = 3.33

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 8

| deliveries2 = 162

| wickets2 = 10

| bowl avg2 = 24.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/26

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 49

| runs3 = 910

| bat avg3 = 17.50

| 100s/50s3 = 0/4

| top score3 = 71

| deliveries3 = 8,017

| wickets3 = 152

| bowl avg3 = 27.55

| fivefor3 = 7

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 6/26

| catches/stumpings3 = 17/–

| column4 = LA

| matches4 = 72

| runs4 = 283

| bat avg4 = 10.48

| 100s/50s4 = 0/0

| top score4 = 45

| deliveries4 = 3,286

| wickets4 = 114

| bowl avg4 = 23.91

| fivefor4 = 0

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 4/25

| catches/stumpings4 = 16/–

| date = 4 October

| year = 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland-tri-series-2017/content/player/395057.html Cricinfo

}}

Seth Rance (born 23 August 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer who played domestically for Central Districts (the Central Stags) until late 2022. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in May 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/395057.html |title=Seth Rance |accessdate=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

Domestic career

Along with Brent Arnel, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Super Smash, with fifteen dismissals.{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=11515;type=tournament |title= Records: Super Smash, 2016/17 Most wickets |accessdate=7 January 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=15 June 2018}}

In December 2021, in the 2021–22 Super Smash, Rance took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/127325153/super-smash-seth-rance-zaps-otago-volts-with-fivewicket-haul-as-central-stags-stay-top |title=Super Smash: Seth Rance zaps Otago Volts with five-wicket haul as Central Stags stay top |work=Stuff |access-date=18 December 2021}}

Renowned for his prodigious late in-swing deliveries, Rance announced his retirement from New Zealand Domestic representative cricket in April 2024, after more than a year struggling to return to top form from a ruptured latissimus dorsi tendon.{{cite web | url=https://www.cdcricket.co.nz/newsarticle/139662 | title=Central Districts Cricket Association }}

International career

In April 2017, he was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/1090282.html |title=Latham to lead NZ in Ireland, uncapped Rance in squad |accessdate=6 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 14 May 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1033363.html |title=Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2nd Match: Ireland v New Zealand at Dublin (Malahide), May 14, 2017 |accessdate=14 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.{{cite news |title=1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115798.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 December 2017 |accessdate=29 December 2017}}

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